Syringe.



Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

ii LT I INVENTOR JZ'm/z/ i1 llorney W. D. STRATTON.

SYRINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JuLv2. 1912.

ron, citizen of the STATES a'r WILLIAM D. STRATTON, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SYRINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed July 2, 1912. Serial No. 707,198.

syringes orclysters such as are employed for giving internal injections.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which permits the user to assume an easy and comfortable position without undue exposure, which is shaped to the anatomy of the body, and which serves to hold the parts firmly when in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which can be readily transported from place to place, which will give any desired amount of pressure, and in which the flow of the water can be regulated as desired.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device as assembled ready for use, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the clyster, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clyster with parts broken away, Fig. 4. is a transverse sectional view on the line l4 of Fig. 8, Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is also a similar view on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to 'in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1 designates the base or shoe of the clyster. This shoe is of an elongated formation and is formed with a flat base so as to rest squarely upon a chain or other support.

A passage 2 extends longitudinally into the base from the front end thereof, the

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rear end of the passage being extended upwardly at 2* so as to open through the top of the shoe near the rear end thereof.

An upwardly projecting nozzle 3 communicates with the passage 2, thelower end of the nozzle being, preferably screwed into the opening at 1. This nozzle 3 is inclined forwardly from the vertical a, very slight amount so as to conform to the direction of the anal orifice in which it is designed to fit. A tube 5 projects from the front end of the shoe and is shown as having the end thereof threaded into the end of the passage 2. This tube 5 is provided with a valve 6, and is adapted to have the end of a rubber pipe 7 slipped over the same, the said rubber pipe leading to a reservoir '8 of suitable construction. The reservoir can be suspended at any height by engaging the usual ring 9 thereon with a nail or the like, the height of the reservoir being regulated according to the pressure which is desired.

In using the device the operator places the shoe 1 between his legs and inserts the nozzle 3 into the anal orifice. This can be done with very little exposure, and he then sits upon a chair or the like and opens the valve 6 to control the flow of the liquid into the bowels. As is apparent from the sectional views shown by Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the

shoe is contracted laterally at an interme- I diate point and has the upper surface thereof curved downwardly toward the sides and rear end so as to conform to the anatomy of the body.

The clyster shoe maybe formed of any suitable material'such as hard rubber, wood, or the like, and is shaped so as to fit the anatomy of the parts and hold all the anal muscles so there is no tendency to evacuate. There is no leakage, and the bowels dilate gradually according to the volume of the stream used. Any amount of water can be used and this water may be either plain or medicated.

The user may massage the back or other parts of the body when using the device and by virtue of the shoe 1 which fits closely to the crotch of the user and holds all the anal muscles in their natural position, there is no chance for the fluid to escape until it is desired to evacuate. It will also be obvious that but little clothing needs to be removed, and there is little exposure to attendants. There can be no clogging of the nozzle as the pressure is always greater Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described'including an elongated shoe formed of solid material and having a fiat lower face adapted to rest squarely upon a supporting surface, the upper surface of the shoe being 'convexed and the said shoe being contracted in width and thickness at an intermediate point in its length so as to form raised and enlarged end portions separated by a contracted and depressed intermediate portion,

theshoe being formed with a passage eX- tending longitudinally into the same from the front end thereof'and having the rear end thereof extended upwardly so as to open through the top of the shoe at a point toward the rear end thereof, a valved tube fitted removably in the forward end of the passage and projecting from the front end of the shoe and a removable nozzle fitted within the rear end of the passage so as to project upwardly from the shoe; V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. STRATTON.

Witnesses: e

BENJ. C. PORTER, NETTIE CLARK.

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